But I've met those 3 dates to engagement couples. I don't mean to be rude, but she's not gonna give up her "nonsense". I think she felt that it was important for me to understand the types of challenges in an interfaith marriage. I was born and raised in the LDS faith. Good luck to both of you on working this out, and if you decide that interfaith marriage is something you can handle and your gentlemen turn out to be the right men for you, then welcome to the club. I am also going thru the same thing. Even without temple covenants marriage is a noble and worthy institution. And you know what. I was going to be alone in the marrige working hard and planning for the two of us whiles my wife's emotions and energy was spent on other people. I can be part of a church family whether my spouse goes or not.
There is no way out, either I need to continue to sacrifice myself or get out of this relationship. She is instructed to have children within wedlock very soon, raise these children in a Mormon home, and devote hours each week to church activities plus Sabbath observance on Sunday. First, let's start with a short musical introduction on what it's like to be a True Believing Mormon dude.
He will always downplay it. I don't see anywhere in your post where there is a complete commitment. You can have all the time in the world and not be committed. Given the fact that doctors, esp surgeons, have a very busy life in US, it seems logical. Distance is hard, being away from family is tough, but in a way having only "each other" made our marriage so strong. He left his practice of many years and started a new one this week. I'm doing the best I can, I try to travel to visit family but again it would be just me and my son. Meaning that unless you are willing to become Mormon And your savings account. Mormons have a well-known code of health, called the Word of Wisdom. Cousin the same age who just got married has known her husband 6 months.
Sorry, but it just isn't worth it. I don't know if I want to be a single mother of four kids. I volunteer every week, I put others before myself, etc. Whenever you're down or lonely, read the yellow bits. The woman provides advice and counsel but doesn't preside. Just trying to make it through the day. Good luck with her, and good life to you. You have been blessed with the equipment to make such decisions. That conversation prompted me to find and read through this sub, and there's some seriously disturbing shit here. Obviously don't make any commitments further in the relationship because you do not want to be married into an insane orthodox LDS family because it will cause alot of troubles.
Read on to know the dating rules of Mormons, and some tips on how you can make it work with this special guy or girl. Days later he simply said, "What do you want to do for your birthday. Ultimately there are no guarantees but I'd say it's worth a shot. Things have worked out pretty well with us so far. I need suggestions to handld the neurotic behavior, ocd, and opinions.